Pictured Above: Senior RF Kyle Cala (Credit: Greg Fencik)
  
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Philadelphia, PA – For the third straight contest, the Wagner baseball team scored double-digit runs as the Seahawks defeated the La Salle University Explorers, 15-3, on Saturday afternoon.
 
For Wagner, the victory marks the team's sixth straight win as the Green & White improve to 9-8 on the season while La Salle falls to 4-13.
 
Six of the nine Seahawk starters had multi-hit performances on the afternoon, led by senior SS Sean Mazzio's 3-for-4 day at the plate, which included a team-best three RBIs. Senior RF Kyle Cala also had three hits and drove in two on the day.  Nick Mascelli, Anthony Godino, and Joe Silvestrone each had two hits while Mascelli and sophomore designated hitter Freddy Sabido added two RBIs.
 
On the mound, junior LHP Neil Abbatiello (2-0) earned his second win of the season, tossing five innings while allowing just two runs on five hits while walking five and striking out three. Freshman reliever Nick LePre hurled four innings, giving up two hits and just one run while walking one and striking out three.
 
Austin Constantini led the way for the Explorers, going 2-for-4 with an RBI. Ben Faso and Brian Tagoe also drove in a run in the contest. Colin Kennedy (0-3) took the loss, lasting 3.1 innings while giving up four runs (three earned) on six hits, walking three and striking out four.
 
Wagner got on the board first in the top of the third inning as Mascelli connected on his second home run of the season to give the Seahawks a 1-0 lead. La Salle answered back with two runs in the bottom of the frame in taking a one-run lead as Faso doubled to right field, scoring Constantini, and Faso came in to score on a bases-loaded walk to Tagoe.
 
The Green & White then broke the game open by erupting  for 11 runs over the fourth and fifth innings in seizing an 11-2. In the fourth, Mascelli singled through the left side for his second RBI of the afternoon and came into score on an error by the Explorers' left fielder. With two on and two out, Sabdio plated both Godino and junior catcher Phil Capra in giving Wagner a 6-2 lead. Junior Will Johnson then reached on an infield single to second, as Sabido came into score to make it a 7-2 game.
 
In the Seahawk fifth, Mazzio sent a bases clearing, three-run double to left center field as the visitors increased their lead to 10-2. Following a walk to Capra, Godino sent a double to left center, plating Mazzio for Wagner's 11th run of the game.  
 
In the top of the seventh, the Seahawks tacked on two more tallie, as Cala doubled to right center. Wagner added another score in the eighth on Capra's team-leading seventh home run of the season.  The final run in the frame came on a fielder's choice. La Salle capped the scoring on a Constantini base hit down the right field line to fashion the final score of 15-3. 
 
Wagner closes out its three-game Pennsylvania swing as the Seahawks travel to Plymouth Meeting, PA to take on Big East member, Villanova. Sunday's first pitch is slated for 1:00 p.m.

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